'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda' [25r] (54/748)
The record is made up of 1 file (370 folios). It was created in 28 Nov 1933-22 Sep 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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friends of colonisation introduce the idea of a Gulf Kingdom
at a time when the governments of the East are all endeavour
-ing to unite their efforts for opposing all imperialistic
influences, especially in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
waters, as
the activities of the Persian Government have lately shown,
What a device? The Gulf for the Gulf people?
Can this be true where the actual executive side is con
cerned? The saying is, "The end justifies the means", and
on this principle the British Admiralty and Secretariats
©f War and Air want to achieve their ends. Hence they have
introduced the idea of forming a new Kingdom out of the
group of the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
coasts, which will nominally be
a national union, but actually a base for their troops and
Air Force, and a station for their * sea power, which
are all essential for the defence of India. This is the
real object of the stirring up ©f a new national feeling
(which we see) for thereby they are creating a complicated
problem, with which to ccnfront the Powers that are interest
-ed in these territories, especially the Persian Government#
The English, who are masters in politics, and
who are in possession of a tremendous sea power, exercise
great influence at the Courts of all governments - these
English people are now making a serious experiment. Their
success depends on the nature of the political difficulties
and international problems, which will confront them,
and which will not yield except after the exertion of
extraordinary efforts and the endurance of much sacrifice* \
A careful examination of the s^tate of affairs
in the East proves the existence between imperialistic
Powers, of secret treaties, which are the outcome of inter
national struggles over eastern territories* The object
of these treaties is the co-operation of the Western
nations to colonize the East and subdue Eastern Nations#
If we turn to the past, we shall see that there
once existed a secret treaty between the British Government
and Imperial Russia, according t© which Persia was divided
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This file consists of correspondence between British officials in Iraq and the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. discussing Arabic language newspaper extracts and articles on the British presence in the Middle East. Most of the papers discuss ways of countering or restricting the circulation of anti-British, anti-colonial material arriving in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. region from elsewhere in the Arab world. The majority of the Arabic newspaper clippings is from Iraqi newspapers, and includes coverage of the Arab cause in Palestine during the approximately concurrent Arab Revolt in Palestine that took place between 1936 and 1939. Other sources of Arabic nationalist material include newspaper articles from Egypt and Syria.
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- 1 file (370 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the file.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 372; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 3-370; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- 'File 2/9 Anti-British propaganda'
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- 10r:16v, 19r:21v, 24r:27v, 165r:168v, 176r:176v, 304r:304v
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- Al-Thager Newspaper
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